Jules Buck Jones: Current Time

August 19, 2026 - September 05, 2026

From TXST Galleries:
"In Current Time, Jules Buck Jones presents a new body of paintings that traverses deep geological time through dense, immersive landscapes populated by hybridized flora, fauna, and imagined ecologies. Large-scale panels, diptychs, and gridded compositions layer saturated color, rhythmic mark-making, and fragmented animal anatomy to evoke worlds that feel simultaneously prehistoric, cosmic, and speculative. Rather than depicting a specific place or moment, the paintings collapse distinctions between past, present, and future, inviting viewers to consider humanity’s fleeting place within Earth’s vast temporal scale.
Commissioned by the Texas State University System Public Art Committee, the works in Current Time will ultimately become part of Esperanza Hall. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the paintings together before their permanent installation.
Jules Buck Jones is an artist living and working in Wimberley, TX. Jones creates large scale paintings and drawings of abstracted flora and fauna. The work showcases a range of interests in the natural sciences, local ecologies, and deep time. Jones is currently working on a suite of paintings for Esperanza Hall at the Texas State University, Round Rock Campus. He teaches painting and drawing at Texas State University in San Marcos, with a focus on wet media and Risograph printing."

Reception August 21, 2026 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm

The University Galleries at Texas State University | Joann Cole Mitte Building
233 West Sessom Street
San Marcos, Texas 78666